DeanKB Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 On 2/23/2020 at 5:09 PM, Alain Gadbois said: Hi Iain! Your Hurricane looks great, and the difficulty you had with the windscreen reminded me of a very significant article in Scale Aircraft Modelling, in the October 1999 issue called Hurricane Veracity. The author notes the canopy rails are not parallel, but curve inward toward the front. This causes the sliding section to flex and the front to rise up to the windscreen. This could explain the discrepancy in height (although perhaps not 2mm) you noticed. There are other interesting finds in the article among which is the shape of the wing leading edge to fuselage that is straight, not curved when looked at from above. Alain Hurricanep1 by dekenba1, on Flickr Hurricanep2 by dekenba1, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 A little progress - rudder hinges done - and rudder fitted. Elevator hinges are done - just doing some final prep before fitting. Resin exhausts prepped and trial fitted. Gunsight assembled and painted. Photos of latter to follow... Tally Ho! Iain dennismcc, MikeMaben, scvrobeson and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Nice Iain! I've got this and the fabric wing in the stash to do. Did you join the fuse to the upper wings first, then lower wings, or did you join the wings together then mate them to the fuselage? Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 Upper and lower wings together first - so that I could thin the trailing edges. Fit of parts variable on these - so it absolutely pays to dry-fit, fettle and dry-fit again - repeated several times over! Iain Out2gtcha, Rockie Yarwood and Martinnfb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Looking forward to when we can re-start club nights again so I can see this “in the flesh”, and of course your Andover! wunwinglow and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Keep it up Iain, the PCM Hurricane (fabric) is next on my build list, so will be looking to pick up tips. Cheers Dennis Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Another project that's been on pause whilst I played with the Andover... Yesterday I got around to painting the seat and making up the seat straps that come with the kit (produced by Eduard). Seat location is vague - so it was boded lower front with Epoxy (to give me some alignment time) and superglue at the back. Also made up, painted and fitted the gunsight (excuse the dust!). And did some more work on the base of the windshield - getting there... Blue Skies! Iain Landrotten Highlander, Rockie Yarwood, Tolga ULGUR and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 Gunsight fixed and re-painted, windshield given a final fettle and fixed in place, and elevators filed to fit and added. Almost ready for primer... Canopy is a huge improvement - and windshield now the same height as the sliding portion! Polished up well with some Novus Plastic Polish and soft tissue: Note that the sliding portion sits a little high on the rails - I'll either add sliders to the canopy to engage with the rails - or just glue in position. Iain mozart, D Bellis, Rockie Yarwood and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett M Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Looking good! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Nice one Iain, I've got a trio of PCM kits to build next including a Hurricane so this is very timely for me Dennis Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 You sir, are on a roll!! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Lovely progress, Iain! Kev Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Second that, a joy to follow. Cheers Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Thanks for the interest folks - all masked up and ready for primer over the weekend. I expect to find quite a few flaws that need addressing... Iain LSP_Kevin and Landrotten Highlander 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 About to go into primer - just finishing adding some fasteners to the upper cowling: A lot happier with the windshield area now... Tally Ho! Iain Trak-Tor, scvrobeson, LSP_Kevin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now